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What is up with this??? Does anyone else to do this with their friends?? Am I missing something??
Oh yeah, totally.
I remember in second grade, me and my friends would run around the playground pretending we were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. it's basically the same thing.
This is VERY common! I have never watched an episode of Sex in the city (don't plan on it either), but I know exactly what you are saying! haha I was actually relieved to see this thread. I have lived in 3 countries and about 10-15 different cities in the past 10 years and several women I have encountered compare themselves to characters from this television show. I have even seen women try to emulate the characters to the point where I feel like saying something to them but it would be too awkward. I have seen groups of people (mostly women) try and pattern their life after the show Friends and Desperate Housewives. The profound effect such television shows seem to have on women is incredible but at the same time very sad. Don't get me wrong, I love women and think the world of them, but our society seems to be having a very negative effect on women.
I remember 20 years ago when the North American public was outraged at the show Married With Children. It was regarded as bad and thought to have a negative effect on families. Fast forward to 2011!! The hit show Desperate Housewives is about a group of women who run around cheating on their husbands! haha
Just thought I would let the op of this thread know that he/she is not alone. This goes on quite a bit and it IS very annoying. I notice that people who do not watch much television tend to be more intellectually mature and more enjoyable to be around. We often underestimate how powerful the images we see on the t.v screen can be. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who pattern their lives after such nonsense even know they are doing it.
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I am a SATC watcher and I happen to really enjoy the show. I love the bond between the girls, the exploration of sex, relationships and friendship and the fashion.
What is up with this??? Does anyone else to do this with their friends?? Am I missing something??
Not really. When I was little I remember listening to my mom and the ladies talking about Soaps like it was real life. For awhile many of the women in the office were into Survivor and I had to listen to that crap and some of the guys were always going on about a few TV shows. Being that until a few months ago, I havent had TV in 10 years, all that discussion was lost on me.
I think it sounds a bit immature for adults.
Well, a good litmus test of a person's quality is how much time they spend talking about television.
If it's part of their daily conversations, then I'm not sure how much time I'd want to spend them. Life's a freaking banquet. The fact that there are people who camp out in front of the boob tube and treat it as an important part of their lives just is sad beyond belief.
I am a SATC watcher and I happen to really enjoy the show. I love the bond between the girls, the exploration of sex, relationships and friendship and the fashion.
I had no idea that made me brain dead.
Watching it doesn't make you brain dead.
Trying to act it out in your own life, or letting it influence your expectations about what life should be like ...... well.. let's just say that it makes me question the methodology behind these claims that young women mature faster than young men.
Trying to act it out in your own life, or letting it influence your expectations about what life should be like ...... well.. let's just say that it makes me question the methodology behind these claims that young women mature faster than young men.
I by no means think that the show is anything close to reality, but I don’t look down on those who try to act it out.
The girls all have great jobs which allows them to spend frivolously, are sexually confident and have a wonderful friendship. What’s so wrong with desiring those things?
Why don’t you ever hear people saying “letting it influence your expectations about what life should be like” about shows with perfect families?
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Ditch them if they're seriously doing this; Take a break from them every other weekend and find some new friends.
